[arista]

SkyNews Text:
[Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt are set to clash
with Conservative backbench MPs
over their tax plans for the 2023 budget.]

[arista]

This Weds

Reports on all media
that Pre-Paid Meters will
stop costing more

Thats a good move
so long it is brought in fast.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by arista

This Weds

Reports on all media
that Pre-Paid Meters will
stop costing more

Thats a good move
so long it is brought in fast.

Good move

[arista]

SkyNews Text :
[Jeremy Hunt is preparing to boost the
tax-free allowance for pensions by more
than half a million pounds as he battles the
wave of early retirement that has squeezed growth,
The Daily Telegraph reports.]

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[Kate!]

Is he gonna announce the date when the next Cost of Living will be paid?

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Kate!

Is he gonna announce the date when the next Cost of Living will be paid?

I dont think there is a specific date Kate, this is all I can find on the net

When you’ll be paid
If you’re entitled, you will get:

£301 paid during spring 2023 for most people
£300 paid during autumn 2023 for most people
£299 paid during spring 2024 for most people

[joeysteele]

It will be interesting to see what he sets out.

Good to see he's maybe woken up to what Labour have been on about for a good while now, re childcare costs.
Let's hope his finer detail on that can be effective for those who need it.

What he does announce today however is likely not to really impact on those now in more desperate situations due to the cost of living rising by ridiculous levels over just the last year.
Even apparently those who got the maximum of help are now struggling still.

So if he's now going to remove that help, things can only get worse for those already in a worrying financial state.
Because they are still stuck with around double or more in the last year, of just gas and electricity costs.

That's before they start on the greater increase of inflation on food prices.
Which is way far more than just 10/11%.

[arista]

This is so wrong

BBC2HD & BBCnewsHD Both broadcasting

The same thing until 3PM

Politics Live starts with
3 BBC journalists

Pathetic

They have never done this before
Cheapskate bastards

[arista]

ITV1HD Budget News special on now

[arista]

HUNT now Live

SkyNewsHD Live
ITV1HD Live

BBC2HD & BBCnewsHD

[arista]

Hunts 4 E.'s

Enterprise, Employment, Education & Everywhere

[Oliver_W]

Not the most horrible budget ever constructed.

lol @ "the mess we inherited thirteen years ago" ...

[arista]

Potholes increase


But nothing on Sewers in Rivers

[joeysteele]

A lot of hot air and fudging this last half hour.

Not much of real truth but hopefully some of his measures will have some effect.
That remains to be seen.

Not a fully appropriate budget really for this uncertain time.
If he goes on much longer he'll put me to sleep.
Which may be the only good thing from his load of hot air presentation.

[arista]

Starmer now giving his Reply

[arista]

Starmer goes Panto
again

[arista]

[arista]

The main elements in the Budget include:

[Up to 30 hours of free childcare for
youngsters aged over nine months if both
parents each earn less than £100,000.
Changes to Universal Credit to encourage
people to get back to work,
with more support for childcare;
The lifetime allowance on pensions
has been abolished altogether,
after complaints that many middle-earners were
finding it was not worth them working due
to tax penalties;
The energy bills guarantee is being extended
for another three months,
with prices likely to be lower by June anyway;
Fuel duty is being frozen for a
13th year in a row, and the
'temporary' 5p a litre cut is being maintained;
Alcohol duty will rise in line with inflation
from August and reforms to base the levy
on strength will go ahead - with bottles
of wine set to go up by around 45p,
but other drinks getting cheaper;
A 'Brexit pubs guarantee' will
see the duty on draught products in pubs
up to 11p lower than the duty in
supermarkets from August;
Businesses will be able to offset all
capital spending on IT and other equipment
against taxable profits for at least the
next three years;
Nuclear power will be classed as
'environmentally sustainable' which will give it
access to the same investment incentives
as renewable energy;
Defence spending is being increased by
£11billion over the next five years amid
the fallout from the Ukraine war;
There will be a £200million fund to tackle potholes
after a Daily Mail campaign.]


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...rk-Budget.html

[joeysteele]

A long winded non event.

Not really what people need in their lives at this time.

To be fair though, most budget speeches are disappointing.
Hunt however, near sent me to sleep.

He said finally at one point so I thought oh great.
Then over half an hour later he was still going on.

Most things are to take effect too far off in the future, there was very little for NOW.